John Prine – John Prine Live

Some surface noise but this is by far the best record pressed at United that I have. Of course that is faint praise since every United pressing I have bought thus far was absolute garbage. Getting a decent (listenable) copy from them feels a little bit like winning the lottery....

No distortion like others have mentioned, but a lot of unwelcome clicks, and even a pop, likely due to the thick paper inner sleeves. Fantastic album, but not the best pressing.

As others have said, sounds great but pressing quality is fairly lame. On my copy, side C has some no-fill distortion and “Angel From Montgomery” has some distortion at its high points. However, my copy was only very lightly scuffed by the inner sleeve and had no warps or scratches.

My copy is flat and close to quiet – some light ticks here and there. No non-fill or other issues. The recordings are nothing to write home about, but you do need a quiet pressing, as there are many quiet songs that are just Prine & his guitar. Two sides are pressed mildly off-center, but within what's acceptable. 

Great sound, clean and crisp. My one complaint is that the guitar is a little quiet on some of the songs recorded in the Coach House (which are the vast majority of the songs on the album). I'm fine with the vocal being so forward (it's John Prine after all) but the crowd noise (which is generally fine) is almost as loud as the guitar sometimes. The mix is most noticeable when going back and forth with the Coach House tracks; the instruments in the Speed of the Sound of Loneliness on Side 3 is a lot louder than the guitar in the songs before and after, as is the whole sound of that song, for that matter.

My copy has no scratches or scuff marks like reported by saltbee4. The inner sleeve for disc 2 does have some minor separation on the edge/seam on two sides, but nothing that bothers me. Both records are in great shape and sound wonderful.

Got a sealed copy and there is a big and deep scratch in D2. Both records have lots of scuff marks and inner sleeve tears due to transport. It's going back. Anybody else with production problems?